Bacterial vaginosis pcr at Ocean University Medical Center

425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1477065126

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$70.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$608.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$27.55 with AETNA vs $321.68 with CIGNA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $27.55 ↓ -61%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $36.96 ↓ -47%
UNITED HEALTHCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $41.80 ↓ -40%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.20 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID $70.20 ↑ +0%
AMERIGROUP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $70.20 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $70.20 ↑ +0%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $70.20 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.20 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.20 ↑ +0%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $70.20 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $73.71 ↑ +5%
UNITED HEALTHCARE DSNP $84.24 ↑ +20%
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $91.44 ↑ +30%
QUALCARE HMO $96.22 ↑ +37%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $104.95 ↑ +50%
HORIZON OMNIA $126.37 ↑ +80%
AETNA PPO $133.47 ↑ +90%
AETNA HMO $133.47 ↑ +90%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $135.80 ↑ +93%
INTERGROUP SHARED SAVINGS $135.80 ↑ +93%
INTERGROUP WORKERS COMP $135.80 ↑ +93%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $139.06 ↑ +98%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $144.09 ↑ +105%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $145.50 ↑ +107%
QUALCARE PPO $149.96 ↑ +114%
HORIZON PIP $149.96 ↑ +114%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $149.96 ↑ +114%
HORIZON SHP $151.26 ↑ +115%
AETNA ASA $151.90 ↑ +116%
PRIME HEALTH WORKERS COMP $155.20 ↑ +121%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $155.20 ↑ +121%
PRIME HEALTH AUTO INSURANCE $155.20 ↑ +121%
HORIZON HMO $156.07 ↑ +122%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $157.92 ↑ +125%
HORIZON PPO $160.17 ↑ +128%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $164.90 ↑ +135%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $166.68 ↑ +137%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $188.80 ↑ +169%
CIGNA HMO $321.68 ↑ +358%
CIGNA PPO $321.68 ↑ +358%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital

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